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Thief steals packages minutes after delivery

A thief stole packages just three minutes after they were delivered to a Paradise Hills home, and it was all caught on camera.

"I'm not going to let some thug change the way I live my life," said Joe Schmitt, the resident whose packages were stolen.

What likely will change are the Christmas gifts that three of Joe and Florence Schmitt's grandchildren will get this year. The couple bought the items from Amazon.com, but had to wait weeks because they were on backorder.

The packages arrived at their doorstep around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. The Schmitts were home, but still didn't grab them fast enough.

"I went back and looked at videos, saw the mailman make the delivery and saw the theft; they were three minutes apart," he said.